Salvatore Babones: To Grow the Realonomy, Tax and Spend
“Tax and spend.” Those three dirty words are now the key to economic recovery in America’s Realonomy.
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Salvatore Babones: What’s Holding Back the US Economy?
Declines in government spending are holding back GDP growth at a time governments at all levels should be hiring to create jobs.
Sam Pizzigati: Plutocracy with a Philanthropic Face
“Plutocracy” first burst big-time into our national political consciousness in the late 19th century, and the concept still conjures up today, well over a century later, much the same images as way back then. We envision, at any mention of “plutocrat,” some Wall Street banker, his pockets overflowing with greenbacks, or a robber baron industrialist, [...]
Sam Pizzigati: How Did We Ever Get Higher Ed Backwards?
Back in the mid 20th century, colleges and universities helped America beat down economic inequality. Now they reinforce it.
Sam Pizzigati: Philanthropists Gone Wild: A Cautionary Tale
Billionaire cash contributions have been cascading into America’s most troubled school districts. Unfortunately, so have billionaire perspectives on education.
Our Trickle-Down Achievement Gap
Stanford’s Sean Reardon starts out his latest research, on the achievement gap between students from rich families and poor, with a question no one has yet asked: Has this educational gap grown as the dollar gap between high- and low-income U.S. families has widened?